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Devon Larratt

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first: 2022-02-16
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“Oh, yeah, yeah, there's always stuff in the works. There's actually a tournament called Over the Top in Australia that's a couple months away. I think they're doing it all the overtop scene. But there are arm-wrestling movies that are being made right now. Actually, there's a documentary that's filming me. For this whole Yvonne thing. But yeah, we're probably due for another big one.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Terrifying. It is. It is. But I think if you believe that it's possible, it's certainly going to happen. Like at some point, it's just when, right? When does it happen?”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Lex, you know I think that so much of what makes a person special is what they pass on, your kids. But I think that you are quite special because. You're part of this thing that's potentially giving birth to the next thing”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I thought about it a lot when I was younger. And I've just made my conclusions. And yeah, I don't think that there's a possibility that there aren't aliens. I would think there would be impossible for there not to be aliens. They're, you know, I feel like this is pretty good real estate. So, you know. You'd probably want it, but we already might be. Well, I don't even think might. I mean, it's probably quite likely that we are to some degree aliens. I mean, all life is probably to some degree alien.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I mean, potentially you could invest even harder because you're like, wow, I'm actually going to be able to get all this stuff done.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I don't know But I'll tell you every time I have a near-death experience or think I'm going to die, I definitely live better afterwards.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I don't think I get sick of stuff. I'm very simple. Yeah, I don't think I would get tired of it. I really don't. I mean, if someone would pose it to you, do you want to live forever? You would choose no?”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I hate it. Yeah, I don't want to die. Yeah, definitely don't want to die. But there's times when I can rid myself of it. But for sure, I mean, I'm not happy that, you know, death is inevitable. And I'm not happy that potentially it's inevitable for all of us. But it does, you know, I like to fight against it.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, the Yeah, under, you know, you have to go under. You got to. If you want to go above the line, you have to spend some time beneath it. And yeah, I was definitely beneath the line for a long time. But Mountain, I mean, like the interesting thing was as incredible as he is. You know, like what a monster. And I think if you had him training in boxing for a long time and like from his youth, I think the guy could be world champion. But to be so specialized and then to switch, you're at a disadvantage. And also, I know from just fighting guys in the gym in TriStar. Some of those guys were way scarier. For real. Like as scary as Thor is like there's guys in that tri-star gym that don't look like anything. That would murder me much worse.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It was terrible. And the thing is. It was so crazy for me because I really was good once upon a time. I really was like physically, I had incredible full body endurance. But being so specialized, I realized how much I had slipped. And yeah, it was fun to try and regain. I think it's affected my body composition. I think since that training, I've become much more lean. I think it was a very healthy thing for me to do, like health-wise. I always think that, you know, when you're far away from competition, it's really good to kind of spread out. Really good. So I think that in that way.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I've gone very far down the path of arm wrestling, boxing, and arm wrestling are very different. They're very different sports. The physicality required is very different. The mentality, I mean, it's fighting. So it's another form of fighting, which is cool. The big things that I took back from it, the things that I loved about it was I had to run again. You know.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Oh man, I knew. I mean, I knew what I was getting into. Like, I knew it was going to be a losing battle, but I felt like the opportunity to fight Thor, like how cool is that? Like, I had to say, I had to do it. I love the process, and I learned a lot from doing it, like the dorms. I want to do something like that with armresting. I think we're big enough now that we can have these kind of dorms, frat houses, whatever you want to call it.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Every day just getting punched in the face over and over, going for runs with all, like they're all like Olympians and pro fighters living in the dorms. Super cool dudes. They were so good to me.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“By the fifth message that said, You must train with Faras. I was like, okay, called him up. He was incredible right away. He's like, yeah, you can come and we'll just work with you. So I called him on like Monday at 2 o'clock. By like 7 o'clock, I had my things packed and I went to Montreal and I spent four weeks in the fighter dorms.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“He's brilliant. Yes, right. He's an incredible guy. So right away, like I had no idea about the fight community across Canada, really. And I got like...”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Striking training. Yeah, so I went to this guy that he was awesome, Zach Benbushida there. That was it from TriStar. Know for us the hobby”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“They're like, it's down to you, and like two other people will get back to you in a day or two. But you would do it. And I'm like, okay, so they got back to me on Sunday. Like, so right away, I'm like skipping rope. And I'm like, and I'm, I only arm wrestle legs. That's all I do.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah. Oh, it was so much fun. It was so much fun. So basically I made a funny video and I sent it to the organizers of core sports that I would do it. I'm like, I'll do it. I'm sure they got a thousand people who wanted to do it. But I'm like, I'm like, listen, I'm like, I'm an old man. Like I'm gimped up everywhere outside the armresting lanes. I said, but I will 100%. Like if you let me fight him, I'll give it my all. And whatever. They didn't get back to me. They're like, whatever. Okay. So then they call me on a Friday, like five weeks before the event. And they're like, hey, Devin, were you serious? And I'm like, oh shit. And I'm like, yes, I was serious. Yeah, I'll do it. And they're like, okay.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, as well. I see Hapthor is a bit more regimented, but I see Eddie Hall as like way more barbaric and I think he's a little bit more athletic, but Hapthor is bigger. And they've chosen slightly different paths to prepare for the match. But what happened was they were about to fight. And Eddie Eddie Hall blew his bicep. So, me, I was getting ready for Levon in December. We were supposed to arm us in December, but he's got his movie. And so I was like, okay, I can kind of get away from the sport just a little bit, broaden my base. That happened, and I was like, An opportunity.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Eddie won the world's strongest man event or something one year. And the thing it was one of those victories where Hapthor was not accepting of his defeat. Okay, and there was a little bit of back and forth. And basically, from what I understand, they were going to fight like the night of the world's strongest man. They kind of got pulled apart, and this heat between them got translated into a potential boxing match. So it's very real. It's a very real fight. So you have the two strongest dudes on the planet are going to fight each other. So I've been, you know, because arm wrestling is strong, man. It's kind of similar communities.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, yeah. He's incredibly impressive. I really like Hapthor and I like Eddie Hall too. And I was just so, I'm just so caught up with the drama. Okay. Eddie Hall and Hathor Bjornson, two of the strongest legendary. Strongmen that we have, and they were the coolest, they were the top when Strongman was really super cool. I don't know all the details, but they legit hit each other.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, what a titan, though. What a titan. You know, a guy like that tall Strong, fit, disciplined. I mean, he is quite a warrior.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I feel like if we were to go back a thousand years and if you give him armor. And a two handed sword, he will just rip across the landscape. And no one will stop him.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Superpowerful. But if you want to be a super heavyweight You got to eat like stupid amounts all the time. Yeah. You have to test your digestive system.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“When I was faced with imminent death more, I would be like, okay, I'm going out tonight. Let's have a couple ice cream bars, you know, like whatever. And what I realized is if I eat like an entire bag of chips or like, you know, a bunch of chocolate bars. And then I go and have a workout. My workout will be incredible. It'll be incredible. There's something about easily processed carbohydrate that will continue to quickly get into your blood as fast as you can burn it. And there's something about that that gives you incredible blood flow”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Right, so there was a study that I heard about by somebody who's trying to identify heart attacks. They did this great big study. And at the end of it, I mean, didn't matter what the people ate, the most important thing was how they felt about the food that they were eating. Yeah. So if you believe in the food, if you believe that it's going to do good things for you, if you allocate it the right way, it's going to have a positive impact. And I try and do that no matter what it is. Like I have my foods that I think do certain things. And so... You know, for me, I know that actually, I mean, I learned about corn-fed pumps when I was overseas. I realized that if I never used to eat crap, really didn't. I ate super clean all the time.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“One of the most interesting things that I heard about nutrition was I heard there was a Doritos app. Yeah, I forgot about it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I'm an idiot. Now, I'd say over the last couple years, I've really gone into carbs a lot and high glycemic carbs and just to, I feel like it's one of the best things you can do if you're working out really hard.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I mean, really, I mean, not to overcomplicate it, but I mean, that's where the conversation starts. Are you eating enough food? And it can come in any number of ways. And I don't think it's as important as a lot of other people do. I'm certainly irresponsible in a lot. But the thing is, is... Back to volume, right? Like you need to, like, if you want to be a super heavyweight, it's very different than if you want to be a weight category guy. If you want to be a weight category guy, I'd say that you need to be more responsible, make better choices. If you want to be a super heavyweight.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I've experimented with every diet. I've done it all. I've been a vegan. I've done raw. I've eaten only meat. I've eaten balanced. I've eaten like a bodybuilder. You name it. I've probably tried it. I don't believe that it's important in the sport of arm wrestling as it is perhaps in other sports. I believe that just to be very basic, I mean, if you're eating enough food, you're probably going to be okay.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Tip of the axe. Yeah, the tip of the axe is so important, right? Like if I have an awesome bicep and I can't quite use it, what's it good for?”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So, if you have an axe, the blade of the axe? That's these things, right? Like you need the pointy end of all your attacks to be awesome, right?”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Cables are nice. Bands are great too. I mix the two. Bands are when I kind of don't need to, they're more like easy for me. When I train bands, bands are dangerous because the acceleration is so high on them. Like when you screw up with band training, the acceleration is way faster than gravity, right? So if you do something bad, it can... Can make it go really much worse”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Just, I mean, it's just like, you know, you know exactly what you need. The prescription is kind of a band is kind of like, and a lot of people, myself included, I like to know exactly my outputs. So weights.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Bands are great because they're easy to transport. The only problem I have with bands is if you like to measure, you know, if you like to be precise bands, just aren't that precise.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Put on the thumb And those two things, those two things together, this cupping and rolling, this is what's going to make the person's hand bend back. Once a person's hand is bent back, just their whole game gets cut to pieces. They have very little good options. It's all like nasty stuff. Yeah. So those two things, that's a huge part of your investment. Rise. Always be climbing. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, those three simple things, that's what I would tell anybody to spend most of their time on if you want to become an art wrestler.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It close to you. I make it come close to you, right? You see, like whenever I do my exercises, the vector is always pulling straight towards me. Yeah. So just, you know, cupping close to you. The most dangerous thing that a person can do to me on an arm wrestling match is just pull me away from my body. That's a terrible thing for me. Yeah. So that cupping. That's a massive part of the sport. So now when you think, what does the cup do to the other person? If I cup, they get turned over. So this has to get really strong. This pronation. So”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“No, no. Well, I mean, for health, yes, you could, but like if you want to be really specific, you train exactly the way you would at a table in the position that you actually start that edge.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, so I'd say if you want to just keep it very, very simple, let's just talk about three. There's more, there's much more than three. But when you talk about energy allocation, these three lifts, in my opinion, should be like 90% of your investment. It's very big, these three lifts. And the exact percentages you can argue about it, but we'll start off with the cupping of the wrist. Just this. It's a simple thing. And do it with a cable. You know, you can get a thicker diameter. So it kind of is more out on your fingers where an armrest is going to attack you because any good armrest is going to attack your fingers.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“People that are very easy. But I mean, they're all over social networks. I mean, it's kind of widespread now. But yeah, find people, find people. And it's just much easier to learn with another person. And you'll get stronger that way.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“First step, I'd say find people, find people, find good people. We'll get with the club, get with people who know what they're doing, who can mentor you.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Less equipment requirements, most kids start freedom. Like most kids arm wrestling school desks. Yeah. And if you see a guy on the street and you're like, whatever. You can't wrestle anywhere. You don't need to bring your table around with you.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, so basically it's like adjusting your ring size. So arm wrestling, you're fighting in a phone booth So you're fighting in a field, you're fighting just bigger. So it just makes the sport bigger. This is Japan.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“When you come to freedom arm wrestling, basically it removes the limitation of a standard arm recent table. Right, so basically every single thing is a freedom arm resting table. Some are better than others. So looking for that nice table where we can kind of stand apart from each other and we're anatomically in a fairly safe position. And the rules in freedom, the way you win is like the knuckles must either touch the tabletop. You hold it off the edge for a three count. So this is the main way to win. Yes, you can foul like if you lift your eyeball up, it's still a foul. But you have the entire playing surface. So your elbow is no longer limited to your 7x7 or 7x9 pad. So you can move it all over the table. You can move your body around the table a bit too.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I would not say he's a specialist. I'd say his top role is the strongest move. Top roll is the strongest move. And the interesting thing about the specialist versus the blender. There's a counter move has a move that theoretically should be the right choice. So if you're a single move guy, there's going to be a guy out there who will get you. Yeah, it'll be very difficult for you to beat that guy. But when you come to a tournament, typically specialists do much better in tournament scenarios because their singular move can get them through a tournament very quickly and efficiently. Whereas you get a blender in a tournament, they typically will have longer and more difficult matches.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, if I beat you in a second, we're not in the same world. Yeah, when I'm with my peer group, I will typically win 20 seconds and beyond. That's a typical win for me when I'm with a peer. Whereas other guys, when they're with their peers, they'll win in a second, right? That's how they do it. That's the way they're built. That's the way they train. Yeah, most guys at a higher level, it all starts to kind of, it starts to get more and more difficult to be a specialist at the high level now. Some people just have little holes in their games. It's rare to get someone who can really do all the moves. It's very rare.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Because they have faith that their gas tank or their pool eventually will tire the other person out. So anytime there's a trade, they'll trade. Whereas a guy like Travis Bajan, he was very, very well known as being extremely explosive, right? But if the match stops, typically he's going to lose. So based off of your genetics, your hand, you know, there's a lot of ways to skin it.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Right, which is what most people are always looking for. And Jerry's looking for it as well. And then, so example, there's another one. There's another specialist, Matt Mask. His top roller, right? Basically, that's his great move as a top roll. And his other weapons aren't nearly as powerful. Incredible top roll. And then you have a lot of athletes that are more blended. They have a lot of good options. I think that I probably fall more into that category. You have people who are more speed guys. So they try and do very little, I call it attrition, right? So a lot of people are very willing to trade energy.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Know he will be offensive, so he will be in oppressed so offensively. So he'll give his hand away so that he can get his shoulder behind it properly.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, we can start to kind of just dance around the subject a bit. Say There's a lot of different types. There's specialists. And there's kind of blenders and people who are very versatile. A lot of guys win world championships on one singular move. They get just extremely crisp at say a hook or a top roll. And their style is very kind of focused. And you'll see it with a lot of athletes, kind of top guide who's very active, a guy called Jerry Catarat. As soon as you think Jerry Cataret, he's got a very unique style. He's got a flop wrist press. So most of his technique is”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“The changing environment. And the more the team works together, the less communication there is. Yeah. Yeah. And that's an amazing thing to do, to be part of a machine. Well, machine, a team of people who can fight together like that. I think we're really designed to do it. As good as we can fight as individuals, the thing that makes us really good is our ability to fight as a team. Yeah.”
2022-02-16 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source